Chapter 426 The salt I saw was actually white, as white as snowflakes
Chapter 426 The salt I saw was actually white, as white as snowflakes (please subscribe and vote)
"What's wrong with the salt?" The eunuch in charge and Chef Deng both asked at the same time.
"The villain remembers that the salt in that jar is white. At that time, the villain casually asked General Cheng."
Deng Xiaochu met the eyes of his father and the eunuch in charge, and carefully explained
"General Cheng said that our salt was too bitter, so we used his salt. At that time, the villain thought... that General Cheng was just joking, so he didn't take it seriously."
"Are you sure?" Chef Deng and the eunuch in charge asked in unison.
Deng Xiaochu, who was only seventeen or eighteen years old, was so frightened that he shivered and was a little nervous and didn't know how to answer.
"You kid, don't be so nervous. Can dad still eat you? Think about it carefully, is it salt?"
The pressure was too much, so Chef Deng hesitated.
"If the child thinks his memory is okay, then it should be."
Chef Deng and the eunuch in charge couldn't help but look at each other.
"General Cheng should be on duty tomorrow, and our family will try to ask him if it is really about salt...
Then our family can only shamelessly invite General Cheng again and ask him to get some more salt for our dianche."
"Then it's time for you, Eunuch." Chef Deng quickly saluted the eunuch in charge.
The eunuch in charge sighed with helplessness, waved his hands with a wry smile.
"It goes without saying that if something goes wrong in the Dianshan kitchen, our family and you will be like grasshoppers on a rope, and no one can escape."
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Today, it is no longer the double-eyelid boar but the sow that sacrifices its life heroically, but with the personal guidance and step-by-step instructions from Cheng Chubi.
The chefs in Duke Lu's Mansion have also mastered various techniques for cooking pork.
At most, Cheng Chubi would just stand there, occasionally reminding them which steps had problems, or the amount of spices, or the cooking heat.
Twice-cooked pork and kidneys are the same, but Cheng Chubi doesn't want to worry about others.
And because they were sows, pigs happy, pig intestines, and other ingredients that I had no hands-on experience with before, I had no choice but to continue to use Cheng Chubi to get started.
A group of senior and middle-level cadres from the Cheng Mansion gathered in the kitchen, all smelling the aroma and appreciating the Third Young Master's superb cooking skills.
But Cheng Chubi did not forget about serious matters, and specially cut off a large piece of pork belly and had it frozen in the ice kiln.
I just went to the palace last holiday. The lovely Jinyang Princess Li Mingda pointed out that she likes to eat pork belly, so Cheng Chubi naturally didn't dare to neglect it.
So I picked a good piece of Wuhua today and put it in the ice kiln to freeze. I will join the East Palace tomorrow and send it over there by the way.
After a meal, the middle and senior cadres of the old Cheng family were full of belly, their faces were rosy, and they were full of praise for the third son's cooking skills.
At the same time, they also recognized that the lottery pigs raised by Lao Cheng's family were indeed unique and fragrant.
After eating and drinking, I know the deliciousness of pork, and I will definitely be full of energy in my future work.
Early the next morning, Cheng Chubi took the frozen piece of pork belly wrapped in oil paper and handed it over to the imperial guards. Naturally, they did not dare to neglect it.
Cheng Chubi wandered back to the East Palace and began a day of boring and tedious work.
While he was bragging with the elite Zuo Nei leaders, Cheng Chubi saw Eunuch Deng, the eunuch in charge of the Dianshan Kitchen, approaching him with a flattering smile on his face.
"We are meeting with General Cheng. There is something that we have to interrupt."
Cheng Chubi looked at him doubtfully. Could it be that he smiled so flatteringly because he wanted to ask for something?
"Okay, Eunuch Deng, please don't be so polite. Just tell me what's going on."
"Well, yesterday, the dishes cooked by Chef Deng, who has been responsible for His Highness the Prince's meals, tasted bitter."
"Bitter?" Cheng Chubi was stunned. "What do you mean?"
"That salt, the new salt that was added before..." Eunuch Deng looked at Cheng Chubi's expression and said insinuatingly.
Cheng Chubi slapped his forehead. "Oh, by the way, how could I forget this?"
"Brother Chu Bi, what have you forgotten?" At this time, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Li Chengqian stepped out of the palace and staggered towards this side.
Ning Zhong, the loyal eunuch, followed every step of the way.
Cheng Chubi saluted the Crown Prince and pointed at Eunuch Deng with a smile.
"Eunuch Deng just said that the dishes cooked for His Highness yesterday tasted bitter. It seems that it is because the salt I gave them has been used up."
"They can only use the newly purchased salt to cook dishes for His Highness. Now I will go outside the palace to say hello to Cheng Fa and the others and ask them to go back to the mansion to get some salt."
Only then did Li Chengqian suddenly realize that it seemed that he was not being too talkative, but that there was a reason.
"Oh, salt...Brother Bu Chu Bi, wait a minute, what's the difference between your salt and what we usually eat?"
Cheng Chubi nodded and smiled naturally.
"Of course it's different. The salt on the market is too bitter and has too many impurities. I want to make physiological saline.
First, the salt must be processed well to obtain relatively pure salt before it can be made."
"I see..." Li Chengqian was stunned for a long time before he came to his senses, staring at Brother Chu Bi with bright eyes. "Is it difficult to purify the salt?"
Cheng Chubi shook his head. "What's so difficult about that? Just melt it, filter it, and then add some lime water or soy milk..."
Hearing Cheng Chubi talk about the purification of salt in an understatement, Li Chengqian rubbed his eyebrows. "Brother Chubi, please wait for a while."
"Well, I would also like to ask Brother Chu Bi to go get the salt first so that I can take a good look at it."
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Cheng Chubi agreed and hurried away. Li Chengqian thought for a while and asked the steward Deng Eunuch carefully about the experience of cooking dishes that became bitter until they found out that there was a problem with the salt.
When Cheng Chubi brought a heavy oil-paper bag, His Royal Highness Li Chengqian reached out his hand to take it.
After opening the oil paper and lifting a corner, Li Chengqian's expression couldn't help but change. The salt he saw was actually white, as white as snowflakes.
Li Chengqian even stretched out his finger to stick some fine grains on it, put it into his mouth to taste it, and muttered with bright eyes, "Sure enough, it's really not bitter at all."
"Of course, salt is an extremely important condiment. If it is impure, it will naturally affect the color, aroma and flavor of the dishes..."
"No wonder...the salt you gave me, General Cheng, is of such a beautiful color. The salt we buy will more or less have other colors."
"The key point. Is this the key point?" Cheng Chubi glanced at Eunuch Deng next to him and said unhappily.
"The point is to be able to change the taste of the dishes, do you understand?"
Li Chengqian looked at the unhappy Brother Chu Bi in front of him with a bit of laughter. "Brother Chu Bi... I am really convinced by you, little brother."